Chesed

A Water sephirah in the Ensoul Grimoire.

Tradition · Kabbalistic

Correspondences

Number: 4

Symbols and forms

Alternate Names: Gedulah

Nature and meaning

Translation: Mercy

Details

Position: Center right
Pillar: Mercy
Qualities: Primary
Expansive mercy
Essence
Loving kindness
Experience
Abundance benevolence
Spiritual state
Divine love manifesting
Divine Names: God name
El
God name translation
God
Archangel
Zadkiel
Archangel translation
Righteousness of God
Angelic order
Chasmalim
Angelic order translation
Brilliant Ones
Correspondences: Planet
Jupiter
Element
Water
Colors
Atziluth
Deep violet
Briah
Blue
Yetzirah
Deep purple
Assiah
Deep azure flecked yellow
Stones
Amethyst Sapphire Lapis Lazuli
Incense
Cedar
Body
Left arm
Tarot
Major arcana
—
Minor arcana
Four of Wands Four of Cups Four of Swords Four of Pentacles
Paths Connected: To chokmah
Path 16 vav hierophant
To tiphareth
Path 20 yod hermit
To geburah
Path 19 teth strength
To netzach
Path 21 kaph wheel
Magical Image: Mighty crowned king on throne
Virtue: Obedience
Vice: Bigotry hypocrisy gluttony
Illusion: False security
Qliphoth: Gha'agsheblah
Qliphah: Gha'agsheblah
Qliphoth Translation: Breakers in Pieces
Experience Description: The first sephira below the Abyss—where divine energy organizes into rulership, abundance, and mercy. The benevolent king. Expansion, growth, protection. Jupiter's throne.
Practical Work: Meditation
Contemplate abundance without limit, mercy without condition
Invocation
Work with Tzadkiel for prosperity, expansion, protection
Warning
Chesed without Geburah becomes bloat, indulgence, enabling
Resonance
Those seeking abundance leadership protection
Related Concepts: JupiterDivine mercyAbundanceKingshipExpansion
Deities Associated: Jupiter Zeus Thor The Dagda

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ℵ Gematria 8

Vav Correspondences
Teth Correspondences
Yod Correspondences
Kaph Correspondences
El (אֵל) Correspondences
Shem ha-Meforash (the 72-fold name) Correspondences
Ten Correspondences
Seventy-Two Correspondences

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